Tall, slightly flared footless vase of clear glass with ten paneled sides. On two opposite sides are five handles. The handles are spiral-shaped and remind of the tendrils of climbing plants or of young, rolled up, fiddlehead fern leaves, that seem to arise from the base of the vase. They are arranged in a graduated series of declining size, with the largest one at the top of the vase. They are stacked, touching each other. While the body of the vase is clear, the handles appear frosted with a satin finish, and oblique grooving on their underside. The vase appears made of molded and cut glass.

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-0001	We photographed this object.
1931	Work on this object began.
1969	We acquired this object.
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Beauvais Vase

This is a vase. It was production directed by René Lalique. It is dated 1931 and we acquired it in 1969. Its medium is press-molded glass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Lalique’s contributions to the 1925 exposition could be seen all over the grounds, most notably in a tall central fountain of glass that was lit at night, a motif picked up in a glass fountain that centered La Parfumerie, the fair’s perfume pavilion. In years following, the fountain remained a popular motif, evoked here in a series of graduated curls.

It is credited Gift of Jacques Jugeat.

Drawing, Design for a Covered Soup Tureen

Drawing, Design for a Covered Soup Tureen
graphite, blue color pencil on wove paper, laid down.
Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
1992-70-3

Water Pitcher (Austro-Hungarian Empire (Klostermühle))

Water Pitcher (Austro-Hungarian Empire (Klostermühle))
mouth-blown colorless glass, black ink feather-pen drawing with gilding.
Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor,....
2009-18-86

Cylindrical, slightly tapering, broad vase with a deep, cut and faceted glass surface. The surface carving forms a pattern of continuous stylized spiny curves that is both geometric and reminiscent of the vegetal world. These swirls form the outermost surface, and are highlighted in smooth and shiny black enamel. Between the swirls, the grooves in the surface are made of clear, cut and etched glass that appears like a blurred background, giving the illusion of moving water, or of ice. This sculptural vase conveys all at once ideas of organic growth forms, water, and motion.

Object ID #18469311
pressed, carved, acid-etched and enameled glass.
Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor.
1969-20-1

Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

Sidewall (France)
block-printed paper.
Gift of Nancy McClelland.
1945-3-5

On a vivid, orange background, a highly stylized pattern of leafless blue trees with flowers rendered in a minimalistic style as off-white spirals. The trees are represented as trunks with long, flowing, curved, whip-like branches. Because of the presence of flowers and absence of leaves these trees remind of cherries, or other trees that flower before producing leaves.

Sidewall, Wallpaper with Stylized Trees
block printed on paper.
Gift of Nancy McClelland.
1945-3-6

Wide deep bowl with a repeating pattern of parakeets, all facing one direction. The pattern slightly protrudes out of the glass bowl’s surface creating a three-dimensional effect. The bowl is made out of glass. The birds are in front of a floral background composed of an arrangement of small flowers and branches in different directions. The bottom part of the bowl is frosted making this section more opaque than the rest. The upper-portion has an iridescent color reflecting blue and green hues.

Object ID #907130337
glass.
Lent by The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 2009.457.
48.2016.10

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 19.5 x 23.4 x 11.9 cm (7 11/16 x 9 3/16 x 4 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Incised under base along edge: "LALIQUE France"

Cite this object as

Beauvais Vase; Production directed by René Lalique (French, 1860–1945); France; press-molded glass; H x W x D: 19.5 x 23.4 x 11.9 cm (7 11/16 x 9 3/16 x 4 11/16 in.); Gift of Jacques Jugeat; 1969-126-6

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2CDYP/
Accession Number 1969-126-6
Object ID 18468291